A clearinghouse of news and events about historic Route 66, the Mother Road.

Bessie “Cleo” Noe Lamson, longtime co-owner of the now-defunct Wide-A-Wake Cafe on Route 66 in Edmond, Okla., died at age 102 on Monday, according to an obituary in the Edmond Sun. Lamson and her husband Crawford owned the Wide-A-Wake for about…

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I stumbled onto this video today, posted by Casey Smalley. The description of the video: Here you can place an order for a 18 oz. bottle of my family’s barbecue sauce that my grandpa, Ed Smalley, made popular through his…

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The century-old White Store in downtown Joliet, Ill., will be razed to make way for a new building being erected by Joliet Junior College, reported the Herald-News. The four-story White Store at 235 Chicago St. (on the Illinois 53 alignment…

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Route 66, a female a capella quartet based in Chicago, posted this Christmas-themed performance a few days ago. Alas, Route 66 does most of its work with sales conferences and private gatherings. So, if you notice a public performance on…

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The City of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has just posted a computer animation video of its plans to dress up Foothill Boulevard (aka Route 66), including the Pacific Electric Trail overpass. The pedestrian bridge is particularly impressive. 12/28/2010 UPDATE: The Inland…

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Here’s a recent TV report about the closure and detour from the westbound Bird Creek Bridge on Oklahoma 66 near Catoosa: I’m glad those rumble strips are being removed. I drove over them a few days ago, and they were…

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The Quay County Sun in Tucumcari, N.M., caught up with a Ron Zaleski, who’s walking barefoot across the country — including much of Route 66 — for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. Zaleski is walking across the United States without…